Karachi
a seaport in S Pakistan, near the Indus delta: former national capital; now capital of Sind province.
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Spicejet’s Delhi-Dubai flight made a landing at Karachi airport in Pakistan after the fuel indicator malfunctioned.
India’s low-budget airline SpiceJet is facing frequent mid-air glitches | Niharika Sharma | July 6, 2022 | QuartzThese regions included Tianjin in China, Karachi in Pakistan and Manila in the Philippines.
Coastal cities around the world are sinking, satellite data show | Katherine Kornei | June 3, 2022 | Science News For StudentsAt his home in Karachi, his family often went days without getting any water from the city’s pipes.
Can data help quench the thirst of Pakistan’s most populous city? | Mariya Karimjee | December 23, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIt’s also why you’ll find stories from Cape Town, Mexico City, the Volga River, Zimbabwe, and Karachi in this issue.
Most of us will first experience climate change through water | Mat Honan | December 23, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe US consul general in Karachi found out about this and inquired whether it was possible to pick up the 1987 World Series.
He and other Taliban sources claim that in Karachi as many as 50 to 60 Taliban are given summary executions each month.
Pakistani School Killers Want to Strike the U.S. | Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUzbeks were responsible for a recent attack on Karachi airport, he said, and “it looks like of the attack in Peshawar is same.”
Pakistani School Killers Want to Strike the U.S. | Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe moved to Afghanistan and then back to Pakistan via Quetta and is now in Karachi.
Pakistani School Killers Want to Strike the U.S. | Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Pakistani Taliban struck again this time with a deadly attack at the Karachi airport last Sunday.
Prime Minister David Cameron is undoubtedly concerned about blowback, and the British consulate in Karachi is already closed.
Altaf Hussain Finally Arrested in London; Can His MQM Be Neutralized? | Bruce Riedel | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTArriving in India, we were accompanied out of Karachi by a dozen Englishmen who were practically novices at cycling.
It is not 149 the route which now connects Karachi and Las Bela, but belongs to the later medival phase of history.
The Gates of India | Thomas Holdich"Celadon" ware is abundant from Karachi to Babylon, and some of it is of extraordinary fineness and beauty of glaze.
The Gates of India | Thomas HoldichIt is not difficult to reach Las Bela from Karachi by following the modern telegraph line.
The Gates of India | Thomas HoldichWe spent Thursday, by the bye, at Karachi, an awful hole it looks—treeless and waterless and very much the modern port.
Letters from Mesopotamia | Robert Palmer
British Dictionary definitions for Karachi
/ (kəˈrɑːtʃɪ) /
a port in S Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea: capital of Pakistan (1947–60); university (1950); chief port: commercial and industrial centre. Pop: 11 819 000 (2005 est)
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Cultural definitions for Karachi
[ (kuh-rah-chee) ]
Largest city in Pakistan, in the southeastern part of the country, on the Arabian Sea near the Indus River delta; Pakistan's main seaport and industrial center.
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